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Crisis Cooling program begins in JulyAmanda Hester | SELF - 5/20/2011While the Regular Home Energy Assistance Program (R-HEAP) is still available to county residents through May 31, the Summer Crisis Cooling Program will begin on July 1, according to Supports to ...

Dance competition among elected officials new component of fundraiserAmanda Hester | SELF - 3/24/2011BUTLER COUNTY – Six elected officials representing different cities in Butler County will compete in a dance competition called the Community Cumbia at SELF’s 15th Annual Awards Dinner & Auction ...

Two Butler County initiatives win best practices awardsAmanda Hester | SELF - 2/10/2011BUTLER COUNTY – Supports to Encourage Low-income Families (SELF) received a Best Practice Award from The Ohio State University John Glenn School of Public Affairs for its 2010 Hamilton Group ...

Heating Assistance Starts Nov. 1Amanda Hester | SELF - 10/14/2010As temperatures cool this fall, many Ohioans will take for granted the fact that they can turn on their furnaces and heat their homes whenever they wish. Many more, like the 3,900 families that ...

Summer Utility Assistance Program breaks records as agency preps for winterAmanda Hester | SELF - 9/23/2010BUTLER COUNTY – While temperatures soared this summer, so did the number of Butler County residents seeking utility assistance. Supports to Encourage Low-income Families’ (SELF) Summer Crisis ...

Employment Program Helping Women Receives GrantAmanda Hester | SELF - 7/27/2010Supports to Encourage Low-income Families (SELF) has received The Economic Security Grant of The Women’s Fund of the Greater Cincinnati Foundation and The Charlotte R. Schmidlapp Fund. The $12,500 ...

Appointmets Taken for Utility Help & AC Units in Butler County Starting June 22, Program Begins July 1Amanda Hester | SELF - 6/18/2010Supports to Encourage Low-income Families (SELF) is helping eligible households combat heat-related health problems with the 2010 Summer Crisis Cooling Program. SELF is also verifying and ...

Local volunteers sought for home repair project in HamiltonAmanda Hester | SELF - 5/14/2010HAMILTON – The Loveland, CO based Group Workcamps Foundation is working with SELF and the Hamilton Community Council to organize more than 100 young people and adults to do repairs on up to 20 homes ...

Local Volunteers, Clients and Businesses Honored for Efforts in the CountyAmanda Hester | SELF - 4/2/2010BUTLER COUNTY – “A Night of a Thousand Stars,” Supports to Encourage Low-income Families’ (SELF) 14th Annual Reach for the Stars Awards Dinner & Auction, drew a large crowd at the Courtyard by ...

Seven Nominees Announced for SELF’s Janet Clemmons Community Service AwardAmanda Hester | SELF - 2/24/2010BUTLER COUNTY – Seven Butler County residents have been nominated for SELF’s 2010 Janet Clemmons Community Service Award for their outstanding selfless efforts to help the county’s low-income ...

Two SELF programs earn statewide recognitionAmanda Hester | SELF - 1/27/2010BUTLER COUNTY – Supports to Encourage Low-income Families (SELF) has been awarded two Best Practice Awards from The Ohio State University John Glenn School of Public Affairs. The awards were ...

Butler County’s Earned Income Tax Credit Super Site Now Scheduling Appointments for February - April 2010Amanda Hester | SELF - 1/15/2010BUTLER COUNTY – Supports to Encourage Low-income Families (SELF) will host Butler County’s Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) Super Site at SELF’s Hamilton Headquarters for a fourth year. This is a ...

Event to Fund Scholarships for Non-traditional StudentsAmanda Hester | SELF - 1/8/2010FAIRFIELD – Wine and food pairing stations, live and silent auctions, music and shopping will highlight a special event on Friday, February 12, 2010 to raise funds for a scholarship that helps ...

SELF Seeks Nominations for the 2010 Janet Clemmons/SELF Community Service AwardAmanda Hester | SELF - 12/9/2009BUTLER COUNTY – Supports to Encourage Low-income Families (SELF) is seeking nominees from the community for the “Janet Clemmons/SELF Community Service Award” to be presented at its 14th annual “Reach ...

Agency's Community Services Block Grant Application Available for ReviewAmanda Hester | SELF - 11/30/2009HAMILTON -- The 2010 and 2011 proposed plans by Supports to Encourage Low-income Families (SELF) for spending funds from the Community Services Block Grant (CSBG) are now available for community ...

Hamilton 2010 Home Repair Applications MailedAmanda Hester | SELF - 11/24/2009HAMILTON – Supports to Encourage Low-income Families, a co-sponsor of Hamilton’s 2010 Group Workcamps project, and the Site Identification Committee mailed more than 500 home repair applications to ...

SELF Seeks "Adopt-a-Family" Sponsors for Families Working toward Self-sufficiencyAmanda Hester | SELF - 11/10/2009Supports to Encourage Low-income Families (SELF) is seeking organizations, individuals and businesses to sponsor one of the community action agency’s many low-income families as part of its annual ...

Agencies Partner to Expand Weatherization in Butler CountyAmanda Hester | SELF - 10/5/2009Supports to Encourage Low-income Families (SELF) and the Community Action Partnership of the Greater Dayton Area (CAP) have collaborated to increase accessibility of the Weatherization Program in ...

Education & Employment Program Gets a BoostAmanda Hester | SELF - 4/27/2009BUTLER COUNTY – Supports to Encourage Low-income Families (SELF) has received The Economic Security Grant of The Women’s Fund of the Greater Cincinnati Foundation and The Charlotte R. Schmidlapp Fund....

SELF Announces 5 Nominees for Janet Clemmons/SELF Community Service AwardAmanda Hester | SELF - 3/9/2009Five Butler County residents have been nominated for the Janet Clemmons/SELF Community Service Award for their outstanding selfless efforts to help the county’s low-income residents.

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SURVIVOR CONTESTANT RUPERT BONEHAM TO SPEAK AT SELF’S "REACH FOR THE STARS" 13TH ANNUAL AWARDS DINNER MARCH 27, 2009Amanda Hester | SELF - 2/10/2009Supports to Encourage Low-income Families is excited to announce a special guest at its “Reach for the Stars” 13th Annual Awards Dinner on March 27 at Vora Technology Park (101 Knightsbridge, ...

SELF Seeks Nominations for 2009 Janet Clemmons/SELF Community Service AwardAmanda Hester | SELF - 1/15/2009HAMILTON – Supports to Encourage Low-income Families (SELF) is seeking nominees from the community for the “Janet Clemmons/SELF Community Service Award” to be presented at its 13th annual “Reach for ...

SELF Receives more than $45k to Help Working Families with Tax Returns & Other ServicesAmanda Hester | SELF - 12/18/2008Supports to Encourage Low-income Families (SELF) has been awarded a $45,246 grant from The Greater Cincinnati Foundation (GCF) to maintain Butler County’s Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) Super Site ...

Financial Support Program Puts Dreams within ReachAmanda Hester | SELF - 12/2/2008Supports to Encourage Low-income Families (SELF) is currently accepting applications for its Individual Development Account (IDA) program which helps low-income families reach their dreams to break ...